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Vinters Weekends at Triple Creek Ranch

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Wine

Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Montana provides the chance to be both gourmet and rustic at the same time with their Vintners Weekend packages (think of it as "Brokeback Mountain" meets "Sideways."). They have just announced five new vinters which will be visiting the ranch during May and June. Each four-day/three-night package includes wine tastings with visiting vintners, fine cuisine, outdoors and indoors activities. The accommodations are in a cabin with a wood-burning fireplace, fully stocked bar and private outdoor hot tub. The upcoming vinters are: Robert Keenan Winery, St. Supéry Vineyards & Winery, Joseph Phelps Winery, Pepper Bridge Winery and Chappellet Winery and David Arthur Vineyards.

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Bug-sniffing dogs to work in California vineyards

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

I've heard of bomb-sniffing and drug-sniffing dogs before but now Decanter reports that bug-sniffing dogs are being used by California winemakers. Golden retrievers are being trained to sniff out the vine mealybug which causes massive grape vine destruction. Vinters have raised $33,000 to train puppies at the Assistance Dog Institute. The dogs will bark where they detect the mealybug sex pheromone.

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